Measure Your Worth

from I Am Here by Charlie King

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Cold as ice and hot as hell, on the lawn as fire swells. And now all that you have known is gone. You stand alone and watch it burn while crumbling walls all take their turns. By now the growing flame’s devoured its prey. How do you measure your worth now that you’re wealthy as the dirt? As you stare off in the sky and start to question reasons why, it seems the answer is that there is none. But part of you just cannot take the thought that this was a mistake, for who else do you have to blame in that case? How do you measure your worth now that you’re wealthy as the dirt? The night is getting colder, and you’re terrified of morning caus once the sun comes up, you’ll see yourself for all you are. And now you see what has been done and what your house was standing on, a foundation that’s weaker than the sand. But what an opportunity, a chance to turn from vanity and build your life on something more than yourself. So how will you measure your worth now that you’re starting from the dirt?

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from I Am Here, released October 1, 2013

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